JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Job Description

Are you a skilled lawyer ready to make a significant impact in the dynamic world of financial markets? Join our APAC Markets Legal team and support the APAC Macro Markets businesses in their fixed income structured notes issuances. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team where your expertise will be highly valued. We are seeking individuals eager to contribute to innovative projects and achieve success in a fast-paced environment. Discover the rewarding possibilities that await you in this pivotal role.

As a Markets Legal (Fixed Income) Lawyer - Vice President in the APAC Markets Legal team, you will provide comprehensive legal coverage for the sales, structuring, and trade teams within the APAC Macro Markets businesses. Your role will involve offering structuring, documentation, and execution management support, along with advice on legal and regulatory issues. You will need to proactively identify issues related to the business and specific transactions, delivering commercially pragmatic advice. Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with the Markets Legal team and other functions such as Compliance, Credit, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Tax. Join us and be part of a team committed to excellence and making a difference in the financial markets.

Job responsibilities

• Provide specialist legal advice to the business in relation to structured notes, issuance programmes, and product distribution while identifying and managing legal risk
• Draft, review and advise on programme and issuance documentation for fixed income structured note offerings, certificates and repackaging transactions
• Review and provide legal analysis on new business initiatives and new transaction structures, including legal and regulatory issues
• Instruct and liaise with external counsels and US Regulatory Legal for new initiatives and transactions
• Coordinate closely with international Legal colleagues to help ensure consistency, where appropriate, with JPMorgan’s structured notes programmes and assist with the maintenance of the relevant programmes
• Advise and liaise with internal stakeholders, such as Business, Compliance, Credit, Risk, Operations, Finance and Tax, in respect of the foregoing

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction with a minimum of 7 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) and relevant experience gained at an international law firm and/or a leading financial institution
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills with strong attention to detail
• Strong commercial focus with a solution-driven approach, and the ability to apply and analyse the implications of regulatory changes to a business environment
• Solid business partnership skills, with the ability to lead the business and set a clear direction in relation to managing regulatory change
• Outstanding technical legal and communication skills, including the ability to present clear and concise legal advice to the highest standard, and conduct trainings/workshops
• Ability to manage competing priorities, project-manage and co-ordinate large projects, in a dynamic global environment
• Team player, confident and proactive with strong interpersonal skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Written and spoken Chinese language skills preferred

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.